Posts Tagged ‘Reviews’
The Chronisseur 24 of 420
By: Pamela Jayne
Photos: Phil Calvin for SCR Photos
Back by popular demand, The Chronisseur is making up for lost time by reviewing seven of San Diego’s finest medical grade cannabis strains this month. As always, he was ready and more than willing to share his opinions with the NUG family. Spoiler...
May 31st, 2012 | Featured, The Chronisseur | Read More
The Chronisseur 23 of 420
You guys know the drill by now. We provide our intensely trained and heavily experienced in-house strain reviewer, The Chronisseur, with samples from around the county. He carefully examines and tests each one and passes on his expert opinion to NUG readers. Because of recent politically motivated and...
February 17th, 2012 | Featured, The Chronisseur | Read More
The Chronisseur 22 of 420
We had The Chronisseur put in some overtime this month with six strains to sample and review. What better way to kick off the New Year than with half a dozen of the most pristine nugs Hopper has seen all year, which was grown and provided by San Diego’s finest green thumbs.
Romberry: (G-Dub)
“Wow!...
January 20th, 2012 | Featured, The Chronisseur | Read More
NUG MAGAZINE’S 11 ALBUMS WE HOPE YOU DIDN’T MISS IN 2011!
Band: Lionize
Title: Destruction Manual
Headline Entertainment, February 8, 2011
Genre: Rock, Funk and Reggae
Reviewed By: Gio Blitz
This CD’s tie of Rock, Funk and Reggae undertones is a perfect example of one of the better mixes of these genres, with a variety of rhythmic lyrics thrown in as...
December 30th, 2011 | Articles, Featured | Read More
The Chronisseur 21 of 420
This month’s samples are courtesy of the The Halloweed Gathering, an exclusive event that was held just before Halloween, where the cream of the crop was put to the test by San Diego’s finest. Out of 11 total strains, Purple Kush, Tokyo OG, and J-1 came in on top at first, second, and third...
December 16th, 2011 | Featured, The Chronisseur | Read More
RETOX – Ugly Animals
THREE.ONE.G-Ipecac recordings
By: SquireÂ
“The world is ending and it’s about time†is the title of the first song from Ugly Animals, the first full length recording by San Diego’s RETOX.
With 11 songs clocking in at 12.8 minutes, RETOX encapsulates the sound of pure venom...
November 1st, 2011 | Featured, Music, Squire's Corner | Read More
The Chronisseur 19 of 420
By: Pamela Jayne | Photos By: Phil Calvin for SCR Photo
Hopper’s workload was a little heavier this month as we had five strains for him to sample. I thought he was happy the first time we gave him four strains to review, but it’s true, the quickest way to The Chronisseur’s heart...
October 14th, 2011 | Featured, The Chronisseur | Read More
Chronisseur 18 of 420
Although we usually feature strains from various collectives around the city and county, this month we decided to go straight to the source – the growers of San Diego who put their green thumbs to work to keep collectives stocked and patients supplied with the medicine they need. While anyone...
September 12th, 2011 | Featured, The Chronisseur | Read More
The Chronisseur 16 of 420
Because we had four different OG strains for The Chronisseur to review this month, we started by asking him about the origins of the most famous name in the world of cannabis. “First of all, OG stands for Ocean Grown, not ‘original’ or ‘original gangster’ like a lot of...
July 8th, 2011 | Featured, The Chronisseur | Read More
June 2011 Product Reviews
By. Ben G. Rowin
Dragon’s Breath Personal Air Filter
One of our photographers, Eric Fowler, brought in a product that he found at a local event, the Dragon’s Breath Personal Air Filter. These things are great for undercover smoking. They are as small as a tube of ChapStick, so they can...
June 17th, 2011 | Featured, Product Reviews | Read More
The Chronisseur 15 of 420
Sweet home San Diego. No one loves this city more than Hopper, and he was stoked to find out that his friends of nearly 20 years would be on the cover of this month’s issue…An issue filled with some of San Diego’s best medical cannabis, reviewed by San Diego’s most notorious...
June 10th, 2011 | The Chronisseur | Read More
May 2011 Volume 3 Issue 5 Hits the streets!
May is upon us and before we dive into anything else, I want to take a moment to say Happy Mother’s Day to ALL the moms out there! I have seen no greater love than that of a mother for her child!
We have an incredible issue for you this month! Included is an article on local artist Chris Konecki....
May 4th, 2011 | Featured, News | Read More
March NUG hits the streets San Diego!
March is already here and I feel like February was WAY too short! Even so, the NUG staff worked extremely hard on a tight deadline to bring you another issue packed with the type of editorial that has come to be expected of us. We want to thank all the readers for continuing to pick up a fresh NUG every...
March 2nd, 2011 | Featured, News | Read More
J Boog
By Sandieganliz
On Saturday, February 5th, J Boog played a sold out show at Soundwave in Mission Beach. He’s an islandy-reggae musician from Los Angeles who is well-known in Hawaii and other areas for such songs as “Got to Be Strong†and “Let’s Do It Againâ€.
HI Roots...
February 22nd, 2011 | Featured, How'd The Show Go?, Music | Read More
February CD Reviews
1) Mystic Roots “Cali-Hiâ€
This highly anticipated sophomore album features 18 positively groovin’ new tracks and includes a companion DVD “What’s It Like†– The Official Mystic Roots Documentary. The band’s new sound was created by the addition of...
February 15th, 2011 | Featured, Music, Product Reviews | Read More
February 2011 Product Reviews
By Ben G. Rowin
420 Science (420 Scope)
Our friends over at 420 Science sent us the 400x USB Microscope! This powerful microscope plugs directly into your computer and comes with all the software you need to capture the images on-screen and save them as JPEGs. I took a few shots of the strains I’ve...
February 14th, 2011 | Featured, Product Reviews | Read More
The Chronisseur Part 11 of 420
Five strains, five days, and five full sessions made for one very happy Chronisseur this month. As expected, Hopper dove into his workload lungs first…and as usual, he had plenty to say about it.
G-13: (Coastal Green Collective)
“This is one beautiful nug. From the green coloring to its...
February 8th, 2011 | Featured, The Chronisseur | Read More
February issue of NUG Magazine hits the streets!
February is here and once again, it’s time for love! Speaking of love, we wanted to give some to our advertisers, because without them, we wouldn’t be able to bring this publication to you. If a location chooses to be highlighted or advertise with us and support the cannabis community,...
February 2nd, 2011 | Featured, News | Read More
January 2011 Product Reviews
Tokin’ Tops
This is a fairly new company, less than a year old. But this is what it is all about, an entrepreneur that decided to start her own business and leave the “day job†life. Tokin’ Tara is a cool chick, she draws all of the designs by hand and then transfers them to...
January 21st, 2011 | Featured, Product Reviews | Read More
The Chronisseur 10 of 420
Purple Bubba Kush: (Fresh Selection)
“This bud looks simply stellar, like it was rolled in sugar. The trichomes are glistening and it has beautiful purpling. Someone knew what they were doing when they grew this one. Judging by the appearance and aroma, it seems to be a Pre-98 Bubba Kush, but...
January 14th, 2011 | Featured, The Chronisseur | Read More






